• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1519-1524
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• 2015

It is well known that prepartum sows have an innate motivation to build a nest before parturition. Under commercial conditions, however, the farrowing crate, which is widely used in modern pig husbandry, inhibits this innate behaviour through the lack of space, materials, or both. Thus, restriction of nest-building behaviour could generate increased stress, resulting in a decrease in maternal endogenous hormones. Hence, it could lead to detrimental effects on farrowing and lactating performance. Here we review interactions between prepartum nest-building behaviour, stress and maternal endogenous hormone levels, and discuss their effects on parturition, lactation, and welfare of sows and offspring.

• Animal cells and systems
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.85-90
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• 2011

In 2001, we conducted a study to assess the effects of differential arrival times and nest-site selection on reproductive performance in a mixed-species heronry consisting of six species in Taeseong-ri, Chungbuk, Korea. We recorded the arrival dates, nest heights, clutch sizes, and brood sizes after 15-20 days of the age of the birds' chicks. The grey herons and cattle egrets arrived first and last, respectively, on the colony site. In the homogenous vegetation structure of the breeding site, the pitch pine trees (Pinus rigida) were mainly used for building nests on 48 of the 50 pine trees (96%). The breeding species vertically stratifies the nest sites according to their body size, except for the cattle egrets and black-crowned night herons that nested at sites higher than those predicted from their body size. The mean nest success rates of the six species under study were positively correlated with the mean nest heights. Our findings suggest that aggressive interspecific interactions among neighbors influence nest-site selection to enhance breeding success.

• 한국환경생태학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.127-134
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• 2017

본 연구는 2013년 번식기 동안 광주광역시에서 제비의 번식행동을 밝히기 위하여 이루어졌다. 오전시간에 영소 빈도는 14.2~31.0 trips/h 범위, 성별로는 수컷 10.2~19.8 trips/h, 암컷 4.0~11.4 trips/h을 보였다. 영소 시간은 7.6~15.9 min/h 범위였고, 성별로는 수컷 4.8~8.1 min/h, 암컷 2.8~8.0 min/h 으로 조사되었다. 한 회 영소 시간은 수컷 $26.1{\pm}15.5sec/trip$, 암컷 $40.0{\pm}27.9sec/trip$으로 암컷이 수컷보다 약 1.5배 길었다(p<0.001). 포란은 암컷이 전담하였으며, 6h에 $50.6{\pm}17.5min/h$ (84%), 7h에 24.5 min/h(40.8%)이었고, 그 이후로는 대략 15.6 min/h (26.0%)로 조사되었다. 주간시간 암컷의 포란시간은 시간대별로 고도로 유의한 차이를 보였으며(p<0.001), 6h의 포란시간은 다른 시간보다 특히 높은 것으로 나타났다. 암컷의 포란시간과 평균 기온간에는 유의한 음의 상관관계가 있었다(p<0.05). 주간시간에 급이 빈도는 총 $385.2{\pm}66.9trips/nest$, 성별로는 수컷 $219.2{\pm}37.1trips/nest$, 암컷 $166.0{\pm}30.8trips/nest$으로 나타났다. 시간당 급이 빈도는 $32.1{\pm}12.3trips/h$, 성별로는 수컷 $18.3{\pm}7.8trips/h$, 암컷 $14.3{\pm}4.5trips/h$ 이었다. 시간당 급이 빈도는 성별로 10h(p<0.05)와 15h(p<0.01)에서 유의한 차이가 있었다. 한 회 급이 시간은 수컷 $12.3{\pm}31.0sec/trip$, 암컷 $40.9{\pm}83.3sec/trip$로 암컷이 수컷보다 유의하게 투자하는 것으로 나타났다(p<0.001). 새끼의 배변 빈도는 $45.6{\pm}8.4times/nest$이었으며, 급이 빈도와 양의 상관관계를 보였다(p<0.05). 본 연구의 결과는 한국의 서식환경에 적응하여 번식하는 제비의 번식행동학적 정보를 이해하는데 도움이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.69-74
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• 2006

The captive breeding biology of the Oriental white stork (Ciconia boyciana) was studied over 3 breeding periods. Both the male and female participated in nest building, but the male started to build the nest earlier and spent much time. Time used to build the nest was steadily increased to the egg laying. The copulations were observed $30{\pm}10.53$ (n=3) times in a breeding period. Both male and female incubated their eggs but the female spent more time than the male did. The chicks were hatched $32{\pm}1.29$ (n=6) days after egg laying. Not only the male but also the female took part in the rearing chicks. The male spent more time than the female as chicks grew. The results of this study are useful to assess the ecological soundness of the breeding pair and facilitate the breeding environment in captive breeding of the Oriental white stork.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.97-110
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• 2020

This study conducted observations at 72 traffic lights and road signs in Sejong-si, Korea from March to June 2019 in order to analyze nest-site, nest-site characteristics and feeding behavior in Tree sparrow (Passeer montanus) in urban. Feeding behavior during breeding season in 2019 was investigated at 10 Town representing traffic facilities installed on the road located in the center of the city and 10 Riverside Geumgang river's riverside road. We fitted both general linear model and regression model to our field data and estimated the spatial variation of initial date of the first feeding (i.e., being date of breeding) and the total number of caterpillar fed by parents per hour. Our results showed that the frequency of nest building on artificial structures, such as traffic lights, was about 26% higher and about 8 days earlier in the riverside. In particular, the first feeding was significantly faster when the nearest distance between nest to green field as foraging site was shorter whereas there was no significant effect of the number of nest within 50 meters on the first feeding. Number of caterpillars fed by parents was higher in the Riverside than in the Urban, and especially the number in the second brood was sharply decreased in the Urban. As we estimated average amount of caterpillars per hour to 446 traffic safety facilities in Sejong-si, it was estimated that Tree sparrows fed 18,742.8 caterpillars per hour during the breeding season. In this study, we showed that characteristics of nests built in artificial structures and feeding behavior in order to analyze effects of environmental condition in urban on life-history traits during the breeding season. Finally, we discussed the conservation of birds in urban and pest control effects.

• 한국동물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물학회 1996년도 한국생물과학협회 국제학술대회
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• pp.129.2-129
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• 1996

• 보존과학연구
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• 통권19호
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• pp.133-158
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• 1998

There are about 2,000 species of termite in the World, but one species of termite inhabits in the southern part of Korean peninsula. Termites are social insects that live in colonies. The colonies are composed of king, queen, soldiers and workers. Termite food consists of cellulose obtained from wood. Protozoa in their digestive tracts convert the cellulose into usable food. Korean termite is a subspecies of Reticulitermes speratus Kolbe, Rhinotermitidae. It's subterranean termite and the scientic name is R. speratus kyushensis Morimoto. The subterranean termite must nest in the soil in order to survival, and infest soft-wood which contact with the soil near the nest. There are several ways which subterranean termite infestations can be noticed. Atcertain times of the year during daylight hours, king and queen termites emerge from the colonies. The propose of these flight is to establish new colonies. The termite is a decomposer of biological ecosystem, but an invader in the preservation of cultural properties as like wood buildings. There are serveral control methods for the prevention of wood building from termite's damages. Those are biological control, ecological control, physical control and chemical control. Ecological and Physical control are the best methods in the new constructing wood-building. Fumigation which is a method of chemical control, is the best method for the building damaged by the termite. After the fumigation, we have totake wood & soil treatments for the building and nearby in order not to be reinvaded by the termites.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.181-192
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• 1993

The spawning and growth of eightspine stickleback,Pungitius sinensis kaiborae (Tanaka, 19151, were investigated in the Chavang Stream from March 1990 to february 1991 as a part of study on its life history. Nest building, spavming and parental behaviors were similar to those known on the sticklebacks of Europe, North America and Japan. Bht f sinensis kaibarae in the Chayang Stream, peculiarly, showed only superficial gluing behavior in nest building phase and made two nurseries iust behind the nest in Parental Phase. The individuals with fully mature eggs were found from late February to late June. The fecundity of an adult female was about 21 to 110 (mean 47.07) eggs and the diameter of kllv matured ovarian eggs ranged 1.3 to 1.5 mm. The smallest female with fully mature eggs was 25.8 mm in body length and had 21 eggs. The relationship between the number of mature eggs in ovary and body length was No. of eggs = 2.857BL -55.134 (r = 0.890). The number of deposited eggs in a nest was 27 to 637 and thew were composed of several clusters of various developmental stages. The distribution pattern of gonadsomatic index (GSl) against the body length shown that in females 1+ year-old fishes mainly participate in spawning but in males 11 and 2+ year-old fishes equally participate. From the fluctuat지n pattern of GSI and the number of mature eggs in ovary, it was assumed that the spawning season was from February to June and the peak of spawning was early March to late April. The newly hatched vouns was found at late April and their body length was about 10 mm. The vouns (O+) grew rapidly until late August. Then their srowth was slowed down and finallY ceased in midautumn. The young reached about 35 mm BL in their first year of life. The halting of growth was lasted to next Sune when the spawning season would be nearly closed. They (1+) began to grow asain from late june, grew rapidly until tate september and reached about 415 mm BL. Then there was no more grouvth until to die as 2+ yearold fish. Therefore it was assumed that the life span of P. sinensis kaibarae in the Chavang Stream would be about ko years. The relationship between the body length and the body weight was logBW = 2.9541ogBL -4.802 (r = 0.998).

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.443-450
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• 2005

The ratio of breeding pairs of brown skuas (Catharacta lonnbergi), south polar skuas (C. maccormicki) and mixed species pairs between Barton and Weaver peninsulas remained the same $(X^2-test,\;X^2=0,503,\;df=2,\;p=0.778)$. The nests of skuas were clustered on Barton, whereas they were distributed randomly on the Weaver peninsula. The distance between brown skua nests, and that of mixed species pair nests were longer than those of south polar skua nests. Brown skua nests were distributed along the coast. Whereas, the nests of mixed species pairs and south polar skuas were found more frequently inland (Kruskal-Wallis, $X^2=11.631$, df=2, p<0.005). There was no interspecific difference in the distances between skua nests and Penguin rookery at Barton (Kruskal-Wallis, $X^2=2.153$, df=2, p=0.341) or at King Sejong Station (ANOVA, F=1.483, df=2, p=0.229). In general, skuas prefer lower locales (<125m above sea level) for their nest building sites. Brown skua nests were distributed mainly on the beach, whereas south polar skua were distributed on the predominant periglacial landforms and till areas $(X^2-test,\;X^2=24.988,\;df=8,\;p<0.005)$.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.109-114
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• 1973

불개미를 송충의 천적으로 이용하기 위하여 경남지방에 있어서 불개미의 분포, 일만 생태, 이식가능 한계기 등을 조사한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1) 블게미는 1-3령기인 송충을 포식하였다. 2) 경남 지방의 불개미의 분포는 18개군 474개소에 분포하고 있으며 총면적은 $7,702,559m^2$였다. 3) 불개미 집의 분포는 하부에 $60\%$, 중부에 $39.5\%$ 및 상부에 $0.5\%$였다. 4) 조소의 높이와 군세는 정비례하며 회귀 방정식은 Y=6,200 X-27,813이였다 또한 조소와 수분과의 관계가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 5) 불개미의 이식 한계기는 5월-9월이었고 불개미를 이식한 바 1연간에 5개의 집을 만들었다.